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>> you know, i think any time when there's a lot of talk about what the future may hold for government, for taxation, for financing, that's going to give some people some trepidation about spending. if there's word about the fact that you are going to have higher taxes come the new year, won't have as much to spend, maybe you hold back a little bit. what we like about our business is, it's a relatively low barriers to entry. consumers can buy the luxury of our beauty for $17, $18, $25, $30. this is not a huge investment. and so we're finding a lot of consumers are finding their way into beauty because they don't want to spend $1,000, $2,000 or $3,000 on very luxurious, larger items like a handbag or a new car, for example. so beauty has its frequency shoppers. but that being said, overall, if the consumer is not certain she has the disposal income, perhaps she holds back a little bit. >> sir, one of my traders, joe, has a question for you. >> yes, mr. lauder, how concerned are you in terms of the personal care management industry in 2013 being exposed to really a contraction in spendin
>> you know, i think any time when there's a lot of talk about what the future may hold for government, for taxation, for financing, that's going to give some people some trepidation about spending. if there's word about the fact that you are going to have higher taxes come the new year, won't have as much to spend, maybe you hold back a little bit. what we like about our business is, it's a relatively low barriers to entry. consumers can buy the luxury of our beauty for $17, $18, $25,...
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simply because the government let aig go under. now the government has reaped the $27 billion profit for its own. it was well, it turned out to be a savvy investment. i mean, whatever happens to get you elected into a higher office. and then he seemed to attack me for being pro the government with aig. i want to thank two people who made sure the government took care of this situation here. he prthe government did multipl offers of aig. this one was the best of all. the second person, aig ceo. this company had almost been destroyed. and through force of will fixed the darn thing and turned it into more of a powerhouse before the crash and it isn't done. this time it was done between the two of them. a warm and heartfelt thanks. that is what we care about. stay with cramer. >> it is a brutal full contact sport. >> when the whistle blows, traders trading for what could turn out to be the final play of the game. >> i know it is not easy but i promise to keep fighting for you. the. >> the road is a tough one. but the pay off can be a g
simply because the government let aig go under. now the government has reaped the $27 billion profit for its own. it was well, it turned out to be a savvy investment. i mean, whatever happens to get you elected into a higher office. and then he seemed to attack me for being pro the government with aig. i want to thank two people who made sure the government took care of this situation here. he prthe government did multipl offers of aig. this one was the best of all. the second person, aig ceo....
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the worst time to cut government spending? >> well most of this spending we've been doing lately is our transfers. and they're paying people for being poor. paying people for not working. i'm sure they appreciate the help. and it feels good to help them. but it doesn't get them out of poverty. it encourages -- discourages people from helping themselves. so the labor market's going to remain small. as long as we kind of act european with our help we're going to have a european labor market which is a small one. >> i think we are moving toward a european kind of economy in terms of austerity economics. if you look at what happened and what's happening in britain and spain and elsewhere, they have embarked upon deficit reduction. and what that has done is contract their economies when they still have very high unemployment, very high under utilization of a lot of resources that. means that their ratio of their debts to their total economies keeps on getting worse. if you want that kind of economy, that kind of austerity economics
the worst time to cut government spending? >> well most of this spending we've been doing lately is our transfers. and they're paying people for being poor. paying people for not working. i'm sure they appreciate the help. and it feels good to help them. but it doesn't get them out of poverty. it encourages -- discourages people from helping themselves. so the labor market's going to remain small. as long as we kind of act european with our help we're going to have a european labor market...
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we're $18 billion short of having nothing if we canceled the entire government. you can't do it without entitlement reform. >> senator, when you're talking entitlement reform, billions in deficits in medicare and social security over the next 10, 20 years. where specifically do you cut? do you tell people, no, i'm sorry. you're cut off. >> you tell them what ronald reagan told me in '93, social security going broke in 2011. he pushed my liability from 65 to 66. that put it in shape. >> how much does one or two yearsed t retirement mean? >> a lot. it compounds over time and the period of time you do it. my grandchildren, age 70, not 67. second i'm not beyond means testing colas. maybe shouldn't be as high as for the bottom end. when the president is sitting in an ivory tower or in detroit and we're trying to do the people's business. >> where do you think the real compromise is coming out? do you believe john boehner and president obama this weekend had a serious discussion? where are we really in this compromise? >> well, i've learned a long time ago up here what
we're $18 billion short of having nothing if we canceled the entire government. you can't do it without entitlement reform. >> senator, when you're talking entitlement reform, billions in deficits in medicare and social security over the next 10, 20 years. where specifically do you cut? do you tell people, no, i'm sorry. you're cut off. >> you tell them what ronald reagan told me in '93, social security going broke in 2011. he pushed my liability from 65 to 66. that put it in shape....
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let's shrink the size of government and send those powers back to the people. that's the only way we'll prevent a collapse of this nation. >> with all due respect, sir, isn't the time for ideology past us now? we need to start talking -- >> 18 days. >> no, it's not time for getting past looking at the real problem. the real problem is outrageous spending that's going on here in washington. i don't know what kind of bills we're going to see. i don't know what kind of bills that we'll even have a possibility of considering on the floor. right now i think the president doesn't want any bill. i think he wants us to go off the cliff. >> let me ask you this. >> okay. >> if we don't have a deal by the end of next week, is it fair to say we go over the cliff because i know everybody is going away. >> they are leaving tomorrow. >> is it fair to say you don't have a deal by the end of next week we go over the cliff? >> maria, i'm willing to stay here until the 1st of january to find some solutions to actually stop the outrageous spending going on here in washington. >> y
let's shrink the size of government and send those powers back to the people. that's the only way we'll prevent a collapse of this nation. >> with all due respect, sir, isn't the time for ideology past us now? we need to start talking -- >> 18 days. >> no, it's not time for getting past looking at the real problem. the real problem is outrageous spending that's going on here in washington. i don't know what kind of bills we're going to see. i don't know what kind of bills that...
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people that want the government to cut back on spending kind of don't want it because of the markets, so you can't really have your cake and eat it, too. if we do go over the cliff there will be pullback in the market. >> what's the strategy though? what's the strategy? let's put aside speculation of going over or not going over. what's the strategy going into year end? where do you want exposure in terms of equities? >> definitely want to be long. i certainly wouldn't want to go short because you don't want to go into this uncertainty making decisions on something you don't know is going to happen. you just don't know what the taxes are or what's going to come about, so i really wouldn't make my decisions based on an unknown. i would pick steady solid names and stick with them and go long. >> but we know taxes are probably going to go high, right? david, do i want to sell my winners here knowing that the capital gains at 15% is going to be history next year? >> i think we're seeing a lot of that. i think we're seeing the reverse of tax laws harvesting the end of the year, people cap
people that want the government to cut back on spending kind of don't want it because of the markets, so you can't really have your cake and eat it, too. if we do go over the cliff there will be pullback in the market. >> what's the strategy though? what's the strategy? let's put aside speculation of going over or not going over. what's the strategy going into year end? where do you want exposure in terms of equities? >> definitely want to be long. i certainly wouldn't want to go...
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. >> a government fractured, a market paralyze. a call to action our markets careen towards the sharp edge of the fiscal cliff. we've is asked our politicians to seem compromise and find a solution. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are getting higher. now we're turning up the pressure. this is a cnbc special report, "mission critical, rise above d.c." >> and we do welcome you to "closing bell." i'm bill griffith here at the new york stock exchange. hey, maria. >> hey there, bill. big rally where you are. i'm bartiromo coming today from the white house for our special coverage. stocks rallying on the on the missile that perhaps we are nearing a fiscal cliff deal. coming up we'll, find out from key lawmakers in the fiscal cliff negotiations how we can actually get a deal done before the deadline. representative chris van hollen, lynn jenkins and javier becerra as well as sore orrin hatch with us. we'll hear from former treasury secretary altman and jeff greenfield. bill? >> stocks are trading off the highs of the day with less t
. >> a government fractured, a market paralyze. a call to action our markets careen towards the sharp edge of the fiscal cliff. we've is asked our politicians to seem compromise and find a solution. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are getting higher. now we're turning up the pressure. this is a cnbc special report, "mission critical, rise above d.c." >> and we do welcome you to "closing bell." i'm bill griffith here at the new york stock exchange. hey,...
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if we get an agreement on spending cuts from the government, you're talking about government spending going down, which is perhaps contraction their, if not, it gets gdp to zero, even if you might get all excited we have a deal, you are still looking at a negative economic impact going into 2013. >> and there's multiple components to the deal. understand it's not just about taxes, it's about spending and the debt ceiling. how much of your liberty are you going to give up on taxes to get that kind of spending pain? i don't know. all i can see is the government spending is up 9.5% on an adjusted basis on the third quarter. they have to get that down and i doubt there's a deal until they do. >> let's talk housing. that is certainly although h lll cliff trade. look at the home builder's etf. will the looming cliff burn down the house? here's what we heard on "squawk on the street." >> the bigger threat is what happens in d.c., the fiscal cliff story. the challenge is, changes to tax law that make it more expensive to own a home. >> if the mortgage interest rate deduction were eliminated,
if we get an agreement on spending cuts from the government, you're talking about government spending going down, which is perhaps contraction their, if not, it gets gdp to zero, even if you might get all excited we have a deal, you are still looking at a negative economic impact going into 2013. >> and there's multiple components to the deal. understand it's not just about taxes, it's about spending and the debt ceiling. how much of your liberty are you going to give up on taxes to get...
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government. what becomes of a123 now? essentially johnson controls within also bidding during the bankruptcy process for the battery part of the business dropped out. when they said, there bidding is too rich. we don't think the price matches the assets. they dropped out. a123 does have about 3,000 employees in the u.s. this has to be approved by the committee for foreign investment. remember, this is what hatches when you have a foreign firm buying a u.s. company like this. it has to be approved and there are more than a prove, mandy and brian, in washington, saying, do we really want the wanxiang group having access to the assets of a123. a123 add little bit of defense work, and it went to a different company. we will see whether or not this deal gets approved. >> let's bring in alan, research fellow at u.s. business and research council. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you think this deal should not be allowed, how come? >> this is so mind-boggling stupid. i can't believe it's even come up. the last thing
government. what becomes of a123 now? essentially johnson controls within also bidding during the bankruptcy process for the battery part of the business dropped out. when they said, there bidding is too rich. we don't think the price matches the assets. they dropped out. a123 does have about 3,000 employees in the u.s. this has to be approved by the committee for foreign investment. remember, this is what hatches when you have a foreign firm buying a u.s. company like this. it has to be...
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but the new french government promised that its tax the rich policies would help the economy. why are we in the usa imitating failure? did you know that california and new york and hawaii are also poised to hit their richest people with a greater than 50% tax rate? isn't that great? emulate france. here now is jim pethokoukis of the american enterprise institute. jim, i thought we wanted to emulate success, not furl. >> i thought so, too. listen, the president wants to run an experiment and see how high we can crank up tax rates in this country without it hurting economic growth. they're already running it in europe, in france, in great britain. the entire european experiment here has been one of tax hike austerity. even though they focus on the spending cuts, you're talking about a high tax area raising taxes even higher. we're trying to to do the same thing here. >> least the brits have the humility to acknowledge their mistake. they took the rate from 40% 050%. millionaires left the island. now they're coming back and dropping it to 45%. at least the brits have some humilit
but the new french government promised that its tax the rich policies would help the economy. why are we in the usa imitating failure? did you know that california and new york and hawaii are also poised to hit their richest people with a greater than 50% tax rate? isn't that great? emulate france. here now is jim pethokoukis of the american enterprise institute. jim, i thought we wanted to emulate success, not furl. >> i thought so, too. listen, the president wants to run an experiment...
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it wasn't the tax dollars going to the government to help people. it was the charities like robin hood that was immediately there. you saw it with the sanitation. you saw it with the first responders. and let me tell you what i thought about last night. i am sick and tired -- sick and tired of people like nancy pelosi and harry reid sitting here attacking the wealthy for more taxes. bring it on, they'll say. bring it on. but these are the most charitable people in the world. i'm not going to name names. but if you watched that concert last night and you saw the people that were there and you could go to the robin hood foundation organization website, guess what, harry reid? those are the people that give their money away to help people. and i leave it at that. and that's what the fiscal cliff and taxes and charity have to do with the benefit last night. >> i suppose if harry reid or nancy pelosi were here, and they're not here, i wish some of them were, to respond to what you're saying. >> they don't give money to charity. they don't give money to c
it wasn't the tax dollars going to the government to help people. it was the charities like robin hood that was immediately there. you saw it with the sanitation. you saw it with the first responders. and let me tell you what i thought about last night. i am sick and tired -- sick and tired of people like nancy pelosi and harry reid sitting here attacking the wealthy for more taxes. bring it on, they'll say. bring it on. but these are the most charitable people in the world. i'm not going to...
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it's not just about paying some government to have more but about putting millions to work who are now jobless because that's what happens in a boom. we put them to work. and, yes, spending's got to come down. are they so obtuse, to quote andy dufrane that they can't see this? and, yes, i'm talking about both sides. it's driving me crazy. how do i know that things would be so great if we could only get beyond the stupid politically created crisis? let's go over the reasons. first, in terms of how well we could be doing, think about this. the barely capitalist don't innocent that is europe has settled down into some sort of permanent no-growth mode and yet almost every one of the stock markets is doing better than ours. come on, washington, that's ridiculous. how can the markets in switzerland, netherlands, germany do better than us? how is that possible? because of you, washington. it's because of you. we've been kept back all because of you. second, before our politicians stepped in with the intransigence and anger, we were about to have an explosion in earnings. retail was stronger t
it's not just about paying some government to have more but about putting millions to work who are now jobless because that's what happens in a boom. we put them to work. and, yes, spending's got to come down. are they so obtuse, to quote andy dufrane that they can't see this? and, yes, i'm talking about both sides. it's driving me crazy. how do i know that things would be so great if we could only get beyond the stupid politically created crisis? let's go over the reasons. first, in terms of...
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we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute. the reason we're not making progress, let me tell you -- and i've been consistent on this. they're bringing these numbers up in secret. if they were laid out in public so the american people knew just how much taxes they were increasing, just how little spending reductions -- or how much increases in spending. as a political mover, very effective at being able to hide the net impact of his plan and ride this general good feeling of his election. it's not a healthy situation politically. we've got to do the right thing for the country. >> all right, senator. i was really struck
we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute....
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there's some trends that can trump the government, health and wellness maybe? breaking up is easy to do stories. better than expected retailers, in the end when it come to the fiscal cliff, to the longer we delay a deal or can't do a deal at all, it's worse for all the shareholders and the investors and the stock market. yes, a deal that does nothing, it simply keeps taxes where they are right now and doesn't cut entitlements, that's what everybody wants. does matter, believe he, i mean what's going to happen if we do nothing except keep things exacthe they are now, and just vote to undo the cliff. they'll downgrade the u.s. debt. but that's it. by the way, we have already proven through nine ways of sunday that -- when our credit rating got downgraded last summer. well, bonds went up in price and down in-year-old. -- in yield. so why not do nothing? why doesn't the president say we're just going to keep bonds the way they are. and we're not going to cut entitlements because we know if we don't cut taxes, the republicans will go along with their no tax pledge a
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another big issue is government regulation. just focusing on lack of sales, if that's one of their key concerns, then they're probably right for this perspective. this is something that will take 6 to 12 months to work through. >> if i'm an a student and i get a b, that's bad. if i'm a c student and i get a b, that's good. we seem to become a c economy happy with a b or buy-minus jobs number. what happened to great expectations and why isn't anybody in congress talking about growth? >> well, because we've got a lot of other issues. they built the cliff and now they're trying to keep us from going over it but it is all a sort of self-made crisis if you will from the policy perspective. i think tom is right, there is a lot of structural issues holding the u.s. back. there's still deleveraging on the household side. businesses are stuck in a cautious state and probably rightly so. it's going to be a grind getting to higher rates of growth. and that's -- getting the expectations right is actually a good thing. we were overly optimi
another big issue is government regulation. just focusing on lack of sales, if that's one of their key concerns, then they're probably right for this perspective. this is something that will take 6 to 12 months to work through. >> if i'm an a student and i get a b, that's bad. if i'm a c student and i get a b, that's good. we seem to become a c economy happy with a b or buy-minus jobs number. what happened to great expectations and why isn't anybody in congress talking about growth?...
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we have to pay for all this government. the big mistake is growing government. >> although there's a room for balance, i don't say peter's wrong entirely, the fact of the matter is the top 2% are not paying their fair share. american people don't think so. the numbers don't add up. if you want a deal here, you're going to have to raise the rates and then if you want to talk about spending cuts, as i think the president will eventually do, you'll see a last-minute agreement. >> first of all, i'm in the top 2%. i'm paying 45% of my total income in income tacks boxes to state of connecticut and the government. >> you need a better accountant, peter. >> more than half of my income is going to go to the government. you tell me, what's fair about that? >> i'll tell you what's fair about that -- >> i'm paying half. excuse me. i don't care what the majority voted to do. they don't have a right to steal my money just because they vote for it. >> i'll tell you what the problem is. we're in a crisis. we're in a crisis caused by the bu
we have to pay for all this government. the big mistake is growing government. >> although there's a room for balance, i don't say peter's wrong entirely, the fact of the matter is the top 2% are not paying their fair share. american people don't think so. the numbers don't add up. if you want a deal here, you're going to have to raise the rates and then if you want to talk about spending cuts, as i think the president will eventually do, you'll see a last-minute agreement. >> first...
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the government struggled to fill that hole. the lesson here is that tax changes create huge spikes and crashes in revenue. now if governments understood this, we could plan for it but so far, brian, there is no evidence that governments, either state or federal, have learned this lesson. >> why is this so hard for us to figure out? you just laid it out. we've been here before. >> we've been here before. we've been here every decade we get to this point where we have this sudden artificial explosion in revenues whether from the market or tax havens. when governments get money they like to spend it. they like to pretend it is the new normal and they can budget along those lines but the temptation is to spend that money and budget around it. then suddenly we have 2013. >> remember world war i? >> i do remember. that was a rough time. >> they said there will never be another war like that? what happened, like 22 years later? we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. >> we'll have this interview. we can go back next year and say we
the government struggled to fill that hole. the lesson here is that tax changes create huge spikes and crashes in revenue. now if governments understood this, we could plan for it but so far, brian, there is no evidence that governments, either state or federal, have learned this lesson. >> why is this so hard for us to figure out? you just laid it out. we've been here before. >> we've been here before. we've been here every decade we get to this point where we have this sudden...
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it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the hungry sharks. >> so first of all, dan, the fact that it's not my money, that's an argument about any taxation. i know folks would love to bring the tax rates to 0 for everything. the real world, whee government actually has to do things, defend the country, pay for social insurance, things that people care about, education, infrastructure, we need to collect revenue. when you are talking about collecting revenue from the top .2% of the wealthiest estates, folks whose capital gains, unlike you just said, folks whose capital gains h
it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the...
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i think this government is being a lot smarter than the government in europe. the reason i don't think we have the kind of austerity we have in europe is because of the fact that bernanke is doing what he's doing. the fed is absolutely doing the right thing, preventing deflation and it's high time the politicians started seriously dealing with the deficit. the deficit is never going to get better. the situation about the deficit is never going to get better unless somebody does something about it. you can talk all you want. >> the europeans have been doing the same thing the federal reserve is doing, and they are having the same problems we're having, and in terms of the banks, if you want banks to lend, have the regulators stop beating them up every time they make a loan. it's easy toe lend to the government, easy to lend to big companies, but small and medium-sized businesses, you better pay for that things over six ways to sunday and the regulators are camping out and the banks will be on your backs for it. we need a countercyclical bank policy, and easy tim
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too little government spending at the federal, state, and local level. too little spending because of deleveraging and too little residential investment because we still have an unresolved housing situation, unresolved housing crisis for many americans facing foreclosure. those are all cyclical issues. i actually think we could, with the right set of policies, grow more quickly. do i think longer term we need tax reform? yes, we probably do, but by the way, right now we have the lowest taxes as a share of gdp in recent history, in modern history. we have profits as a share of gdp, profits as a share of national income at a historic high. this is not for want of having tax relief in the economy. it's for want of having spending in the economy. >> very good. good to hear from you again, laura. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. have a great weekend. >>> as if you needed another reason to worry about your 401(k), changes could be coming that you need to know about and you cannot afford to miss it next. >>> also, u
too little government spending at the federal, state, and local level. too little spending because of deleveraging and too little residential investment because we still have an unresolved housing situation, unresolved housing crisis for many americans facing foreclosure. those are all cyclical issues. i actually think we could, with the right set of policies, grow more quickly. do i think longer term we need tax reform? yes, we probably do, but by the way, right now we have the lowest taxes as...
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. >>> and nat gas revolution, the government says exporting nat gas could be a game changer for america's economy, but at what cost? we'll take a deeper dive to find some answers. but first, our top story tonight. >>> everyone cares about the fiscal cliff, except, seemingly, the markets. just 25 days until the year end deadline and still no deal out of washington. still stocks quietly climb higher. the dow closing today at a one-month high. what gives? just an assumption that a deal -- >> it almost gets back to that you never short. we're all waiting for some type of closure on the fiscal cliff. so everyone's afraid to take that stab in the dark and say, you know what? things look terrible. no matter how they paint the picture, things look slower in the next couple of quarters than they do right now. am i right? >> yeah. >> so global growth, you have everything coming in, global growth is going to be terrible. growth here around 2%, 2.5%. so people want to short the market, they're just so afraid to because every time they short it, it bounces right back. >> and it seems now with headline
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which are the real cost drivers for our government. and how you do tax reform so you can actually gain revenue to government and help the economy groe. >> congressman, with all due respect, the tax -- >> that's a wonderful start for any southerner. >> the tax hikes are about 5% if that of our deficit problem. they're occupying 95% of our national dialogue. it's all we're talking about. why not give in on that so we can get to the stuff that matters? >> the president's leading this debate. obviously the president if you -- >> we're going to get to john boehner right now. he's speaking. let's listen in live. >> we're still waiting for the white house to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the balanced approach that he promised the american people. where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house slow walks this process, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. here's what we do know. we know that the president wants more stimulus spending. and an increase in the debt limit wi
which are the real cost drivers for our government. and how you do tax reform so you can actually gain revenue to government and help the economy groe. >> congressman, with all due respect, the tax -- >> that's a wonderful start for any southerner. >> the tax hikes are about 5% if that of our deficit problem. they're occupying 95% of our national dialogue. it's all we're talking about. why not give in on that so we can get to the stuff that matters? >> the president's...
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>> the government wants to save money, but what about consumers? should they be forced to put money into retirement? most people do but some don't, should they be forced to? [ male announcer ] 'tis the season to discover the kid in all of us. enjoy free shipping and great values on your holiday shopping from l.l. bean. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪
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still it heightens the pressure whose founder steve cohen has been personally implicated in a government case alleges insider trading. cnbc was first to report on a investor redemption, and since then at least one other big -- has followed suit. other investors are showing concern and we may see more outflowing given the next redemption is around february 15th y thbs has learned the flagship is up nearly 12% year to date against an average head fudge return of about 2%, 3% overall. add the fact that cohen has said he's confident that he and his company has named appropriately, there's still quite a lot arguing for these guys. >> important to note when we do this story every time. cohen himself hasn't been charged. >> correct. >> s.a.c. hasn't been accused. >> only a subsidiary uchbt. >> this was a former portfolio manager who worked for that unit. >> correct. >> at what point -- who has to pull their money for it to get people to notice. >> here's the key point. all of this has symbolic value, and i think this has turned a corner for people psychologically. i do have cohen allegedly invo
still it heightens the pressure whose founder steve cohen has been personally implicated in a government case alleges insider trading. cnbc was first to report on a investor redemption, and since then at least one other big -- has followed suit. other investors are showing concern and we may see more outflowing given the next redemption is around february 15th y thbs has learned the flagship is up nearly 12% year to date against an average head fudge return of about 2%, 3% overall. add the fact...
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looks like the italian government is going to survive. you see italian stocks were down throughout the day. the problem about this, the structure of italian politics makes the country ungovernable. brian, there's 12 political parties in the chamber of deputies. that's the lower house. you get coalitions together and they routinely topple the governments. this has been a problem since world war ii. they've got to gig ofigure out better way to govern the country. >>> we've got huge volume today on apple. it will do 40 million shares, probably twice normal. it went positive earlier in the day on that very good news about doing some production of the mac in the u.s. >> they've got too many and maybe we have too few. somewhere in the middle is the answer. bob pisani, thank you. >>> your top stock story today is -- what else -- apple. it is making a small comeback after hitting a nine-month low earlier today but it's been a run to forget for one of the most owned stocks in the world. it's down 7% over the past week. here's your headline of the
looks like the italian government is going to survive. you see italian stocks were down throughout the day. the problem about this, the structure of italian politics makes the country ungovernable. brian, there's 12 political parties in the chamber of deputies. that's the lower house. you get coalitions together and they routinely topple the governments. this has been a problem since world war ii. they've got to gig ofigure out better way to govern the country. >>> we've got huge...
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direction, and government dependency is hurting the black community. that seems to be your message, am i right there? >> that's the message, and we have a 50-year opportunity to see what's happened to that. my dad's generation would be ashamed to see what's happened to the men of our race. we have black middle class, we should be the people that pull the others out and we're standing by being silent. the whole idea, the fact that what liberalism does to a race, it actually -- it makes people and particularly men wimpy and winy. i think it's time for us to stand up and be strong about what we need to get done. be courageous and have a vision the way previous generations did and stand up for children particularly. >> i have to leave it there. many thanks, the outspoken burgess owens. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity for everybody, for all people in need of opportunity. i'm larry kudlow. we'll see you tomorrow night. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at lega
direction, and government dependency is hurting the black community. that seems to be your message, am i right there? >> that's the message, and we have a 50-year opportunity to see what's happened to that. my dad's generation would be ashamed to see what's happened to the men of our race. we have black middle class, we should be the people that pull the others out and we're standing by being silent. the whole idea, the fact that what liberalism does to a race, it actually -- it makes...
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. >> when the government does things, it usually doesn't end well. >> only 12 trading days left until d-day. we're here to help you navigate it. this is "fast money." live from the nasdaq market site in new york city, i'm melissa lee. here are tonight's top three trades. mr. shake shack himself, danny meyer, talks consumers and the cliff. are people still spending in this tough economic climate? plus, i-tv. will apple disrupt another media industry and what will it take to give the stock a second wind? and can red box really give netflix a run for its money? but first, our top story, of course, the fed making a change to monetary policy, linking future moves to the rate of unemployment. for more, let's bring in the man who said to have his finger on the pulse of the fed, the chief economics correspondent at "the wall street journal." john, great to have you with us. >> great to be back. >> do you think this is a good thing or bad thing? >> oh, god. i don't want to pass judgment. i think only history is going to be able to tell if it was good or bad. i think there's a risk here, though
. >> when the government does things, it usually doesn't end well. >> only 12 trading days left until d-day. we're here to help you navigate it. this is "fast money." live from the nasdaq market site in new york city, i'm melissa lee. here are tonight's top three trades. mr. shake shack himself, danny meyer, talks consumers and the cliff. are people still spending in this tough economic climate? plus, i-tv. will apple disrupt another media industry and what will it take to...
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not the government service but the cost of the government service. >>> jim iuorio, let's talk about these fiscal cliff expectations. are you seeing anything in this debate, jim, that you think of as investable, actionable, right now? >> well, sure. we tend to think of this as a binary event. either we come to a solution or don't come to a solution. i say that's not the case. there's three different things. one we come to a solution the market accepts and likes, one that it hates or we go over the fiscal cliff. one that the market hates and going over the fiscal cliff seem more likely to me. either one will be an economic drag. i like procter & gamble, big companies with good cash flow that are somewhat recession proof. >> thank you very much, jim iuorio. >>> in the weeks before christmas, not a creature was stirring. not even the house. accept, of course, on twitter where one of the top trending words is cliffmas. in a fiscal cliffmas used in a tweet from the reformed broker, josh brown. according to the congressional daily, the hill, illinois senator dick durbin also jumped on the phrase
not the government service but the cost of the government service. >>> jim iuorio, let's talk about these fiscal cliff expectations. are you seeing anything in this debate, jim, that you think of as investable, actionable, right now? >> well, sure. we tend to think of this as a binary event. either we come to a solution or don't come to a solution. i say that's not the case. there's three different things. one we come to a solution the market accepts and likes, one that it hates...
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and i think there is more beyond with the government having an emerging plan. this is just taking a long period of time and i think that will continue on to next year. >> a very interesting guy, robert kapito. you just heard him say that his choices in order were u.s., then emerging markets, then europe. if you were to follow that advice and put money into the u.s. market, give me a couple of names would you look for for 2013. >> first of all, you want to buy names that cater to all of us that have less money. let's talk about one of those names. mcdonald's and costco. mcdonald'scaters to a letter budget crowd. obviously they have a huge emerging market expansion as well. and they seem to be capturing market share from starbucks. they've enrolled in juices and try to capture market share from jamba juice. >> a horrible luxury. not a luxury. but affordable food. >> correct. now let's go to affordable food. costco, you go to the back and there's the milk. but you have to go through the middle section. the middle section is what people buy, the high margin items.
and i think there is more beyond with the government having an emerging plan. this is just taking a long period of time and i think that will continue on to next year. >> a very interesting guy, robert kapito. you just heard him say that his choices in order were u.s., then emerging markets, then europe. if you were to follow that advice and put money into the u.s. market, give me a couple of names would you look for for 2013. >> first of all, you want to buy names that cater to all...
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residential investment and government infrastructure, which is way down from historical levels, and business structures investment, that's important, but the locomotive that pulls our economy is investment in equipment and software. whether it's for an oil cater in the basis or a high-tech start-up buying servers and routers and things of that nature. it's our reduced level of capital investment that's produced our low gdp growth rates and our high unemployment. and high tax rates at the corporate level worldwide are directly related to high unemployment levels. you've got to stimulate investment in the united states and a lower corporate tax rate and a so-called territorial system where you don't tax profits made, say, from selling disposable diapers in china to chinese citizens. has to pay a tax to come back in the united states. >> let me get your take, fred. everything you say makes a lot of sense. yet, here we are on the edge of this fiscal cliff. we're not sure what will happen. many people predicting we'll go over the cliff. if we go over the cliff and the automatic spending cuts take
residential investment and government infrastructure, which is way down from historical levels, and business structures investment, that's important, but the locomotive that pulls our economy is investment in equipment and software. whether it's for an oil cater in the basis or a high-tech start-up buying servers and routers and things of that nature. it's our reduced level of capital investment that's produced our low gdp growth rates and our high unemployment. and high tax rates at the...
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>> apparently both governments say they're happy with this decision. but -- >> after the last time when they didn't bother to check with the german chancellor and assured us that it was all fine. i just wonder if that's done it properly this time. stefane, thanks for that. off to japan thousanow where ni has had a set back. the story from tokyo. >> nissan says it was recall half a million compact calls starting tomorrow. it covers the c plus c produced between february 2002 and february 2009. rear lights may not work when reversing and braking due to wiring problems and they will offer free repairs. the problem hasn't caused any accidents or injuries so far and only applies to cars sold it in japan. in china, auto sales are slowly recovering and this is good it news for nissan as the chinese market accounted for 26% of its global sales in fiscal 2011. more than its japanese peers. nissan sales in most of were down 30% from the previous year, but a slight improvement from october when they sold more than 40% due to political tensions between china and j
>> apparently both governments say they're happy with this decision. but -- >> after the last time when they didn't bother to check with the german chancellor and assured us that it was all fine. i just wonder if that's done it properly this time. stefane, thanks for that. off to japan thousanow where ni has had a set back. the story from tokyo. >> nissan says it was recall half a million compact calls starting tomorrow. it covers the c plus c produced between february 2002...
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it is important to note no fund governmenting is behind it. >> this is a totally private sector effort to start-up america partners. the jobs act passed by partisan support and the need for bipartisan support around high-skilled immigration in particularpy half of the people coming to our universities for advanced degrees, ph.ds and masters are from other countries but all too often once we give them degrees we kick them out of the country and force them back to their country and they start companies there that compete with companies here. that's a big focus in washington and hopefully there will be broad bisupport when the congress reassembles in jn after they get through the whole fiscal cliff issue and focus on making sure we have the right entrepreneur policies so we can remain the world's most trurl nation. that's what will drive economic growth up from 2%, driving unemployment down from 8% or so. that will ensure our competitiveness in what's now a more competitive world. we have to double down on entrepreneurs. it is the secret sauce that's built the american economy. >> what ab
it is important to note no fund governmenting is behind it. >> this is a totally private sector effort to start-up america partners. the jobs act passed by partisan support and the need for bipartisan support around high-skilled immigration in particularpy half of the people coming to our universities for advanced degrees, ph.ds and masters are from other countries but all too often once we give them degrees we kick them out of the country and force them back to their country and they...
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government will not be implementing the austerity measures that mr. monti has implemented over the last couple months. but is this concern actually warranted? well, if you speak to a number of analysts, well they'll say, no, because if you look at the opinion polls you'll see that the party which will most likely win, that's the democratic party. and he said, or the leader said, look, we're going to stick to the austerity measures that were implemented by monti. >> carolyn roth for us in rome tonight. coming up, jcpenney ringing up discounts. what this dramatic change in pricing strategy spells out for its ceo ron johnson and his future. and of course, the stock, we'll be right back. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. americans are always ready to work hard for a better
government will not be implementing the austerity measures that mr. monti has implemented over the last couple months. but is this concern actually warranted? well, if you speak to a number of analysts, well they'll say, no, because if you look at the opinion polls you'll see that the party which will most likely win, that's the democratic party. and he said, or the leader said, look, we're going to stick to the austerity measures that were implemented by monti. >> carolyn roth for us in...
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it is not just the government saves money, other people, those seniors are going to pay to be in those exchanges. >> there's no free lunch. >> nothing. >> i think there is good news that with this administration we don't have to worry about having another debate about privatizing social security. you and i, bob, are probably not going to get social security at 65 anyway because that age is already going up. this is not a big problem for our economy. medicaid and medicare are much bigger problems. we can raise it or also increase the tax on people who make over $106,000. >> listen be, coffee lovers. try not to choke on that peppermint mocha latte. we'll tell you about that new $450 starbucks gift card, entirely made of steel. someone down here said it probably should be made of gold given that price. would you ever consider giving that as a gift or buying something like that? >> i've paid up for premium services, v.i.p. tickets at conferences -- concerts. there's a market for v.i.p. services. remember the platinum card? 10 or 12 years ago, platinum card wasn't good enough for the world.
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right now, he's very vague about what role he will take in the new government. some say he could be the president. some say he may be a political mentor. back over to you. >> great stuff, carolin. thank you so much for that throughout the program. moving on to corporate news, aig has struck a deal to sell more than 80% stake in its aircraft leaching business to a chinese financial firm for about 4.5 billion. the group has the opportunity to buy up to 90% of ilfc. the unit has fleet of more than 1,000 planes it rents to 177 companies. and an order book of about $18 billion. do take a look there at aig shares, down about 1.5% in trade. aig clearly underperforming this morning. >> china's wangxiang group has won the bid for a123 systems. wanxiang is china's largest batterymaker and that doesn't include the part of a123's big that works with the pentagon. still, the deal must be approved by the committee that works on cfis. several retired military leader ves pressed the panel to reject wanxiang's takeover. they added about 1.4% in trade this morning, down, though,
right now, he's very vague about what role he will take in the new government. some say he could be the president. some say he may be a political mentor. back over to you. >> great stuff, carolin. thank you so much for that throughout the program. moving on to corporate news, aig has struck a deal to sell more than 80% stake in its aircraft leaching business to a chinese financial firm for about 4.5 billion. the group has the opportunity to buy up to 90% of ilfc. the unit has fleet of...
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where they are and you shrink government down to where it pays for it. does it matter for the future and for growth which way you do it in your view? >> it does. if you put it all into like a tightening, so how much tightening occurs in the economy that would slow the economy, it's far better to actually reduce government spending than it is to actually raise taxes. >> although that hurts the economy, too. >> everything hurts the economy. so it's a question of which is most -- or least harmful and that tends to be cutting government spending. >> but i do think it's -- >> although tim geithner would disagree with me. >> one side wants to keep the government and entitlements like we have it. and the other side wants to take away all the excess government -- >> i think both sides agree that you need to do both. just a question of how much. >> we need to do both to do a deal. i don't think both sides dwre that it's the right thing to do. just to get a deal done. >> i think moderates in both parties -- >> people on the right think we're plenty big. and there
where they are and you shrink government down to where it pays for it. does it matter for the future and for growth which way you do it in your view? >> it does. if you put it all into like a tightening, so how much tightening occurs in the economy that would slow the economy, it's far better to actually reduce government spending than it is to actually raise taxes. >> although that hurts the economy, too. >> everything hurts the economy. so it's a question of which is most --...
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freedom of speech, ability to petition your government. i always find it a little offensive when the banks say the banks shouldn't be allowed to petition the government. if you ask me what it means for our mortgage business, i can tell you. we'll be fine. i'm not worried about that. we want the united states government, president, congress, to have rational policy. they know what all the pieces are. let them figure out which politically feasible pieces are, jpmorgan will be fine. market credible doesn't mean that banks think it's credible, it means when you all wake up in the morning and they talk about it, that the people who analyze it in the press, say, this is
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that government can't count the amount of workers in government is a little bit beyond the pale and maybe -- >> revised it down? >> from minus 13 to minus 51. i don't know what you call it, 38,000 downward revision. and they revised up the private sector in the month of october, so that was good. the other thing it's very hard for me to believe here that there is not a sandy effect in that i see a minus 22 and a minus 20 on construction. mark, would you just chime in on that? i mean, i guess what -- even if hampton is still there, i don't know, they said no sandy effect, but i'm seeing a minus 42,000 on construction and goods producing. how can that not be? >> no. i think that's some of the sandy effect coming through. with katrina what the bls did is they made some adjustments for the fact that they got a lot fewer respondents from the people who were affected by the storm and my guess is this go-around they decided no to the do that for whatever reason, wait for other data to come in. once we get that data coming in, they will revise down. what you're seeing in the construction jo
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, but little government, right? >> well, i guess we're talking a little bit of both. because illinois makes everybody's government look little or small by comparison. you know, on my license plate it says illinois, land of lincoln. but my guest, wes mosser, wes, what a great first name. i feel like that should be a character in a clint eastwood movie. what did you call illinois? >> land of 10,000 governments. >> is that the most in the entire country? >> most in the country. >> i want you to tell me first of all how you know this? >> well, every ten years the census bureau does a survey of local governments and they count up all the local governments for every state in the whole country, school districts to basic districts, anything with taxes authority -- >> let me start you right there. anything with taxing authority. so, there is a reason for the proliferation of illinois fifedom and that is to get inside people's wallets. so you're talking about raising money. whether it's through municipal bonds like board of e
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government now can stop this kind of job growth. a fiscal cliff go over -- >> snatching victory from the jaws. >> a superstorm. nothing can stop the generation of jobs in this economy. >> there's a great article today in one of the papers about how apartment building, we have a shortage of apartments and shortage of housing and shortage of autos and shortage of office buildings developing, shortage of shopping centers, shortage of shopping malls. this is what begins a movement. you have to hire eventually. now you could say people are not looking for work, come on. look, jobs are here. they can -- it can be just easily reversed if you have no idea what is the future because of washington. >> given the data points that we've had in terms of claims numbers that did reflect an impact from sandy, they said 85,000 jobs or 86,000 jobs were sliced because of impact of sandy. average hours worked unchanged. doesn't that -- i don't know -- doesn't that bring into question a little bit the participation in the survey. how can it have no impac
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i understand ginning up public support, but beaches and campaigns, it's govern, govern, govern, stay in washington, be with these people. govern. getting people to -- i'm getting e-mail every day. i got one from -- i don't know, from his people, joe, call your congressman, call your congressman. and i finally wrote back on one of them. you're still campaigning? would you please start governing? and they sent something back to me, if you have comment on policy, snd it to this meal. but i finally sent it back and said would you please just -- you're in. you're in for four more years. you don't need the cross-section of the united states behind you. as you say, i've got to pen. you won re-election. now govern, now lead. >> but, joe, from the white house point of view, which they feel was indicated by what happened in the election, the purpose of the campaigning is to make republicans govern with them. that's -- >> by their rules. you know, the republicans got re-elected, too, and there's more of them. >> right. well, there's more or them in the house. there is not more of them in the se
i understand ginning up public support, but beaches and campaigns, it's govern, govern, govern, stay in washington, be with these people. govern. getting people to -- i'm getting e-mail every day. i got one from -- i don't know, from his people, joe, call your congressman, call your congressman. and i finally wrote back on one of them. you're still campaigning? would you please start governing? and they sent something back to me, if you have comment on policy, snd it to this meal. but i finally...
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the government is out of aig. the government's sales of the aig stake was one of ben's goals when he took the reins back in august of 2009. in a note to employees this morning, he wrote, that today warrants a celebration like no other in aig's history. the closing of this transaction will mark the full resolution of america's financial support of aig. with the profit to taxpayers of $22.7 billion to date. it marks one of the most extraordinary and what many believe the most unlikely turn-arounds in american business history. they sold their remaining 16% stake, over 234 million shares in aig at an average of $32.50 each. a corporate poster child at the financial crisis, aig resuscitated a government bailout by the treasury of $182 billion. the securities lending business and derivatives are nearly bankrupted, the property and casualty giant. as the firm's fourth ceo in two years, ben executed a plan to simplify the firm by key overseas businesses in order to rebay aig's debts. with one of his primary goals achieve
the government is out of aig. the government's sales of the aig stake was one of ben's goals when he took the reins back in august of 2009. in a note to employees this morning, he wrote, that today warrants a celebration like no other in aig's history. the closing of this transaction will mark the full resolution of america's financial support of aig. with the profit to taxpayers of $22.7 billion to date. it marks one of the most extraordinary and what many believe the most unlikely...
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the government finds exporting it is better than keeping it here at home. >> apple as we mentioned in the spotlight today, shares of the tech giant coming off their worst day in four years, sliding back into bear market territory. the one day loss erased nearly $35 billion in market cap. that chunk is bigger than 400 other s&p 500 companies. apple ceo tim cook talked to nbc's brian williams in our rock center exclusive. >> why can't you be a made in america company? >> you know, this i found, as a matter of fact, the engine in here is made in america. and not only are the engines in here made in america, but engines are made in america and are exported. the glass on this phone is made in kentucky. so we have been working for years on doing more and more in the united states, next year, we will do one of our existing mac lines in the united states. >> you can see the entire interview with tim cook tonight on rock center, that's 10:00 eastern time on your local nbc station, but for now investors are watching the market. apple shares 5.31, which is close to the main lows. this is close t
the government finds exporting it is better than keeping it here at home. >> apple as we mentioned in the spotlight today, shares of the tech giant coming off their worst day in four years, sliding back into bear market territory. the one day loss erased nearly $35 billion in market cap. that chunk is bigger than 400 other s&p 500 companies. apple ceo tim cook talked to nbc's brian williams in our rock center exclusive. >> why can't you be a made in america company? >> you...
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the government is a huge part of their gdp, decision making is not really marketing. there's unintended consequences of their policy. for example, if you cannot shut down a poorly performing or money losing factory, what effect will that have on somebody who might want to expand his or her business? if you know that you can never -- if you know you have a liquidity -- illiquidity and can never get out of a position, are you much less likely to go into it? sure. the ramifications and consequence of their policies are starting to be felt there now. we're not going to get out of it. it's a big gdp. we're very active there. some of the greatest companies in the world are french companies. >> i asked this of jamie, and it's an important question, given some of the reputational hit that goldman took over the last couple of years. public still has a very negative perception, i think, of wall street. do you think that's changing? do you think you're doing something to change it? i note that you do 10,000 small businesses and 10,000 women, which are all important programs, but
the government is a huge part of their gdp, decision making is not really marketing. there's unintended consequences of their policy. for example, if you cannot shut down a poorly performing or money losing factory, what effect will that have on somebody who might want to expand his or her business? if you know that you can never -- if you know you have a liquidity -- illiquidity and can never get out of a position, are you much less likely to go into it? sure. the ramifications and consequence...
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government taking the place of business when business is not spending. but it creates unintended consequences. >> but unintended consequences, they're probably only a year or two out. if you put in changes that were actually permanent changes, instead of having this constant, okay, this is the plan for the next three months. this is the plan for the next six months -- >> the way it's being done is crazy. with this -- we lurch from one crisis to another. it's almost as bad an outcome as a fiscal tightening which i don't want. it's the uncertainty of what we night do. that's damaging confidence and you can see that in the surveys. clarity to be good but with less spending cuts and less tax increases would be better. >> senator, is there a way we get to that point where we're not living quarter to quarter or half a year to half a year? >> i'd be curious to know what is the impact in this quarter on gdp of all the uncertainty associated with the fiscal cliff? i mean what's it costing us? >> we're going to see a pretty grim fourth quarter. some of that is san
government taking the place of business when business is not spending. but it creates unintended consequences. >> but unintended consequences, they're probably only a year or two out. if you put in changes that were actually permanent changes, instead of having this constant, okay, this is the plan for the next three months. this is the plan for the next six months -- >> the way it's being done is crazy. with this -- we lurch from one crisis to another. it's almost as bad an outcome...
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reflects the balanced response, and i've shown myself willing to make tough decisions when it comes to government spending. because despite my reputation -- i think there are efficiencies that can be gained, some programs used to work and just don't work now, as a consequence with working with democrats and republicans last year we were able to cut over a trillion of spending. the largest cut, by the way, in discretionary spending in history. so we're prepared to make some tough decisions when it came tough to -- when you look at what's needed for us to stabilize our budget, stabilize our deficit to gdp ratio, then every credible will follow. we can't just do it on spending cuts. there has to be a balanced approach in which we also are bringing -- partly because our revenue levels are as low as they've been -- >>> we're trying to decide if this is worth sticking with. it's clearly not the president's mike that is turned on. you can sort of hear what he's saying, but not very well. as he makes headlines we'll bring them to you. so we'll get to some reas is lynn jenkins, republican tiff from kansas
reflects the balanced response, and i've shown myself willing to make tough decisions when it comes to government spending. because despite my reputation -- i think there are efficiencies that can be gained, some programs used to work and just don't work now, as a consequence with working with democrats and republicans last year we were able to cut over a trillion of spending. the largest cut, by the way, in discretionary spending in history. so we're prepared to make some tough decisions when...